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L+1
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:21 pm
by lightvector
Recently studied some variations for this corner shape. Here are some puzzles. Stronger players than me may already know them by heart.
Edit: tweaked surrounding stones
$$ Black to play, status?
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$ Black to play, status?$$ Black to play, status?
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$ Black to play, status?$$ Black to play, status?
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$ Black to play, status?
Re: L+1
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 2:35 pm
by mitsun
The L+1 shape with extra hane on both sides is essentially alive, if I remember correctly. It is alive with territory if there are extra outside liberties, as in your first diagram.
With no outside liberties, the best attack is probably the placement in your second diagram. I think this leads to mannen-ko, which is not completely alive but is usually impractical to kill:
$$W
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$W
I think the placement in your third diagram lets B live with territory through double ko, starting like this:
$$W
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$W
Re: L+1
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:37 pm
by EricBackus
I've been studying the L and L+1 groups too!
mitsun gave answers for the last two of the three problems. Here's my attempt at the first one:
lightvector wrote: $$ Black to play, status?
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$ Black to play, status?
$$ Black lives
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$ Black livesNote that this only works because black has the extra outside liberty.
Alternative for white 4:
$$ Black lives, alternative
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$ Black lives, alternative$$ Continuing...
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$ Continuing...$$ Continuing...
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$ Continuing...
Both of these solutions rely on having enough liberties to crush the interior white stones to prevent a bent-4-in-the-corner ko.
Re: L+1
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:50 pm
by EricBackus
mitsun wrote: I think the placement in your third diagram lets B live with territory through double ko, starting like this:
$$W
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$W
What about this?
$$W Black still lives, but only seki
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$W Black still lives, but only sekiOK, black still lives, but this time with no points (and white would get 1 point in some rulesets).
$$W This way is only ko
Click Here To Show Diagram Code [go]$$W This way is only ko
Re: L+1
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:09 pm
by cyclops
EricBackus wrote: mitsun wrote: I think the placement in your third diagram lets B live with territory through double ko, starting like this:
What about this? .....
-> seki
So W has a choice and leaves the position until endgame. This gives him an infinite number of 20 pts ko threats. Correct?
I think it also means that defending the L+1 with two hanes in order to keep sente is quite dubious.
